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METRORail is a light rail transit system serving Houston, Texas.The system is operated by the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, also known as METRO.The system currently has 39 stations and 22.7 miles (36.5 km) of track, served by three lines. [1]
McGowen is an island platformed METRORail light rail station in Houston, Texas, United States. The station was opened on January 1, 2004 [1] and is operated by the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, Texas (METRO). Located in Midtown, [2] this station is at the intersection of Main Street and McGowen Street. The station is split ...
Houston Gardens Kashmere Transit Center East Houston Mesa Transit Center I-610 Service Rd, Wallisville Rd, Oates Rd, E Houston Rd 14.9 miles (24.0 km) 144,803 98 Briargate Central Southwest Hiram Clarke Transit Center Fondren Gardens Missouri City Park & Ride Fuqua St, Fondren Rd 7.4 miles (11.9 km) 87,790 99 Ella - FM 1960 Acres Homes
The Santa Fe introduced the Texas Chief on April 3, 1948. [1] The train competed with the Texas Eagle (Missouri Pacific Railroad) and the Texas Special (Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad/St. Louis–San Francisco Railway). The journey from Chicago to Galveston took 26 hours 15 minutes, ten hours faster the previous service on the route. [2]
The Houston and Texas Central Railway (H&TC) was an 872-mile (1403-km) railway system chartered in Texas in 1848, with construction beginning in 1856. The line eventually stretched from Houston northward to Dallas and Denison, Texas , with branches to Austin and Waco .
Houston and Texas Central Railway: Waco Tap Railroad: SP: 1866 1870 Waco and Northwestern Railroad: Warren Central Railroad: SP: 1930 1934 Texas and New Orleans Railroad: Warren and Corsicana Pacific Railway: 1899 1908 N/A Washington County Railroad: SP: 1856 1868 Houston and Texas Central Railway: Waxahachie Tap Railroad: SP: 1875 1881
Supporters are cheering a potential partnership between Texas Central and Amtrak to bring a proposed high speed rail between Houston and Dallas, but opponents remain skeptical about the project ...
Central Station is a light rail station served by METRORail in downtown Houston, Texas, United States. It serves as a major transfer point between the Red , Purple and Green lines. It is the busiest station on the Green and Purple lines.